Control for the setting and winding stem of watches.



0. OHLSDN. CONTROL FOR THESETTING AND WINDING STEM 0F WATCHES.

APPLICATION FILED OCT-23. I914- Patented July 6, 1915.

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and xotjher' time? pieces o'f the I? type fin'ffvvhl'ch 's the mainspringfis' v-tvou'nd'fandftheihands are;-set,-whengfnecesjsary,:byfmanipul tion of the 25' I p I m lifi i n' h rlmans briithe o a COMP-AN.

taiir'nevrand useful Improvements in Con- -troliforthe setting andiWinding'ste ns of- 1 :JPfi 71 Wi is iti s' Watches, of vvh'".ficatiOnUiS- -s The present mvention irelatesiito vvatches Isaiiilekstem or wm hiich; clrcum'fere'nc'eof; the wat'ch'case. 1

" In'sterii oundandset for windingj vvhen {pushed in, or the reverse,

a d" th appa tu 'wh ch my Pr jarranged bearingslin. the niovementzframeyThe stem bears against a push pin 71, passingthroughithe bore of thesleevegand termihating in a head 2' outsidefof'the' inner end, ofthesleeve Said sleeve'has a bearing sur- -face j, onwhich is rotatablymounteda spur pinion 7" which may "be called the inding pinion, having aface clutch on its inner side; There nainder ofthe sleeve is providedWithit ventiol fi t 61 b diediisfofithi 's typel steniwound and set tirne' piece which provides'ya positivejlockfffor"preventing niove menttith 'stem'jinto'lits Setting? position b yif t h wev r reat;eppl d 'diy the Zsettingf position 'ri p ripherr nr h a c i pannn my presentinvention"istembodieaiin connecw tio iwith' the;windingfand ttin m pis-l'a d 1 1 2 a 1.1. dJa-Cen thereto,

I vvn oftheitinie pie 'g"hovvn;in; section. Fig. 2 i'sfaffra tilting'st'emk I "Shown v j i-and'alsoshov'ving I OHLsomj a citii v zen-j"f;.the;United ,'States,- residingatest f Newtongin "the 'countyofrzMidd-lese a 5= Stat fo as ac i av invented 6 watches heretoforeproduced; t has been gcojmmon t use the" n" or both'vvinding and reminovable end y is an elevation of-{a controldeviceln'whlch commitroit'rnn smnt mn wm m stem; or own'iicnns. I

- Referring to the draWings, a, represents Q Q Q LSQNQQE Tfi E ll bll mmfi imt3 63 3 o AL W H orswapr mlu, MASSACHUSETTS; na oonro nsmion orMASSACHUSETTS.

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the clutches and gears conn ected/With the setting stem; in section;

the ring-shaped member ofa Watch case.

areconnected5 this member beingl'commonly called the case center.

which surrounds the. periphery 'of'the, move- Inent, vand to which thecovers of the case represents generally the frame of a atchmovementcontalne'dinthecase, and 0V represents the winding stem' Which extends vtofa greater or less extentthrough the/case v centeryand Whichtcarriesthe' setting; and inding c'roWn rZ on its' outer end,;outsi'de of thecase center. In'genera'l, theconstruction of the stem 0 is or many belike the stems heretofore used" for the purpose, and in these v drawingsIshave illustrated one Wellzk'nown 1 v i form ofstem' andiassociatedxparts, but With the addition ofpaj new feature to the stem:

SuchL st'em-has a square, :or otherwise noncircular portion a fittingasimilarly formed socket fin'a sleeve 9 Which turns in suitably anon-circular {surface Z, preferably square, on vvhich is mountedcacomplementaliclutch memb'er m having a bore which fits thesurfa'ceJZ andisiadapted to'slide thereon. This clutch member 'coacts. With theclutch-teeth, P of the pinion k; and provided ,With a 1' groove" n:receiving the end of an arm o," and on itslovver .end'ithas{crownigearteeth p lfor meshing with the se'ttingtrai'n offthe 1 fvvatchmovenlent.i v. I

I The arnif'o or "clutch shifterfreferredf "to iisfornied' asa part ofa'lever which is;

q th frame on' a fulcrum "stud g short lever arrri'ron either of thesurfaces '8 and hasa short arm 7' provided with bear ing' surfaces .sand t and With shoulder u. A floating dog '0 has a foot portion'v which.unde rli'esand presses against the pushipin" 'iayiaca n'surfa'ce'vWhichbears against an: "abutment i'w,.; mounted on the movementframefiand end *0 which engages the] normal positien' of.

Th p ngw s ii}; th formant bowi other.

v The setting gtm=ijSj15miq f W'iili iii 1 lar l having'. a square.locking face 2 L911; .nne side, and 'an inclined eam facefi u ts Ie'ppo'site; side; Cphctings this 061151 j movement: :"ttra'rnejj and.having...a;. resilient finger'i pertion 6: jWhich bears {against.--anabutment Of the-movement fram'ela't the v '& oppos'iteiside oflthepivot 5.;fr0m the. tee" "off upiece'ipiyote'd' i n a stud '5; secured t6the v a1.We11 knqwn manner fshp wn' inf F igr 15' Where-the; stem is: inits i'1'1-' mnefm'ost' pesitionqandiis there held by'ythe latch 4' which'overliesi'the. coilerjl, "the. spring. finger 6 holding the lateh in Ithis 1130:-

" sitiomi whlch is thezloeking position;

of said sleeve which fits the cornespbndin I g Y i-thisx-position of'thepafts' thesprin g s m:

' 'itsi-most Iexpanded position," that ;is, iit's";ends

j are more widelywseparated than when "inv fany' otherposition, and itisthere'fere under: increased stress. If,-'now,' it 'is' deii'editoi etfthefh2inds of the watch, the user pires'sesjs uponthe stud 9; which, byits: engagement I i with thertailypiece '8; of the; latch,".swings:-igz'th'e'i 1at ten,;.out 0f engagement'fwith ther'col 65 M lai 1dr:flange 1, and ie1eases-.-the; stem; The -ii' it now moved outwardly 05ms'p'ring m, which "motes f'the'j netting v.b d y.-.. he t (W th: esp tow dmw ge 3 36 ji ot' Wt Sal "niejt 'ement d'f the. dog tensesit I v e;press,.on:the;snrf aces of the lever' r, and-t0 moving the clutchmember;fnut of {Comte the. e'fown gear element 79 to engsigeiithe sthe-lever jr 1s. broughtyabjolit by thefs p,

" the eve ";:it bughi he,, il. is of the dogi 15 the latch under suchtension. that it bresses r h .-r o,v dire thel'atch toward the colla n1.1 This xlateh" h'asfa: taiLpOr-tion; 8,I extendingyalongi the ,vinner-"surface effithe ca-se.eenteryinposition J to be pressed pon by.e-slidingstudfl, which passes; through jtheic ase center and may-z'be. II depiiessfed bv pressure applied -bvthe finger. 'naiiof the'11serT,'-Qr"anfidther instrument;..in* H 1 's."G own*Ywll; et h Parts 18 that'cailse-theilwindingwheeluls. nowjdisengig this {result -."m'ay'be ielie'ved .ii'niinedi'ite pn'shtpin his at this time pushed inwardly,Placingthe dog 4) Where its. surfaee adjacent tof'thefend of. theinclined SurfaC6"U? bears? fenrtheabutment -stud w, and ---causing. its

. end 4)? to" bear on the "incline t .of the levelf 4!, "swinging thislever 'seiithat "the-arm io kis' raisednnditheslidingclutchmember mas:pup1ed withiftheaspur' 'pinidnf lq," and-:th' 'erqwn'igeai'felementfpmn-this'cliltch mem- 11 benisbrought- 01'1-t-Of.;ineshwith the setting ifimin'. ;i This arrangementbfftheafiarts"causes-r'o'tation off-theierowngtmturn the Winding V jpinionlc .thrngh the-iiengagemntfofiiithe'y I Fclutch menibeii m ilwith. t-h'elzwlndmg wheeL} li it' beingi understood :that such clutch'm'emben is'cornpelledgitomotetelwith; the crownfj'on account(ifthel nbneirenlar.pertionfeof-the.". Y stejm,* thee0i'1 esppnding1y:formed?soeket'bf i 1 the'i'sleeve' "9,? and ithe inoncifreular exterior Z 3 jinto? qdtidii h r by This swing the arm] 0 of such' leveffdownwajdlti'on' With-. 'th'e- Winding pinionk? and sensing ting. train, Thisgdeseribed m ovemen m, .becaiu'sethe' point at which it p essesn he axisof the ever than'i's theffeacting.pqint' ef the giiingign ing the-Watch;i f Secondyrthe entire In h the stem-+1 flpate'di withi the; f' asecenter, whereby fit" is possible to s I place the' crownclose tothecaseeenten'and sit" becomes unnecessary ;to jprovlde (what; is

has heretofore been commonly employed for retai ting bpemtion, norneed-it be-againopjerated '20 F611 h, }it is" unneoessar to pull 'ou tthe "orderytoplace-hemeohanismin same position, for the" Grow rsautomate c'illyiproj acted and *theipartsf hrought1?into i l wid-setting "eondition soon "as the control 25, 1mg stui'd fiis operated.

L stem, instead f square] ther'e'tc'fiand such case'the'stemfmay bepulledoutinto'theset- Q1Ytin'gpositionby force applieddlreotly; to the fy rowa; the; latch being displacedby the wedging' action of the: surface2. 2: While} this ,1 modified arrangement sacrifieesf the feature 16fthe;positiv;'e "lock" to 1'emin: the; stem' 1n winding position, itdoes-not sacr fice'the other advantage of enabling-the ent ire cons I;"1 tr' iol means for the'st em-tobelo'cateda'within I 1 'thc'aseicenter, for the fsamef 'latch or detent I} ;lcanbe,,usecljand,arranged as here shown, V

"eitherj as i a positive or y elding: detent;

' 1 when it is desired to produ'ee a wateh having the crown; olosejtothecase'center andw th- II outfa pendant. s

i 'to a. employ alatch or detent such as that'here shown, and having thecharac I 5. t eristie features:herein described and claimed in .a-;watchi where theishift mgi of the stelrln-i Pb twe "nwin'din andsetting positions 1s t e' m V v e e 'g i back, a shoulder on, sald stemwithin the 1 everse of that described and shown, by ar-.ranging'thelocking part ofthe latch onthe "inner side ofi the'stemshoulder.

While this invention is applieable mainly to watches, I desire tosay'thatI do not restrict itsfuse to pocket watches, or to'any{particular class of time pieces; but that I flhave. intended the term.watchf wherever u'sedl'in lthe foregoing specification and m thefollowingjclaims, to be consldered asem- '60 bracing; any sort of timepiece having member inthe natureof a-stem or crown 1 which is operablein connectidnwith suitable mechanism forperfonning both functions of awinding and of setting the hands ofthe time v I iaygbe released 10immediately after b'eing -used, andneed not, be continually pressed downduring the set;

surface approximately perpendicular v to, the direction fin-which Qthe".stem movesxfroni 5 one'positionfto-the other. and at the side"xthereoftowardiwhich the stem moves into .ifor ng t a position forsetting,and 5 being'displaceable endwise from a position for wmding to'aposition for setting, and back, a 'shoulder 'on said stem withinthe Iclaiinz-T i a 7 1. A time P1606 including in its construc- I v ,tiona'member adapted to'be'use'd for both 7 commonlyf,known"-as' 'agfpendant, that-is a; 5 sleeveflprojecting from the case center ,wh1chwinding and setting, andadapted, to occupy 2. A-ftime piece-{including acaseandgiz stemmovable inwardly and outwardly with respect' -toisaid.case andadapted for use-to I windthe watch [and to setthehands,-ialock V within the periphery ofthe movement 'fraine positively preventingoutwardmovement of c said stempand means for releasing saidlock;

3. 11 'a'ti'me piece, a windingandsetting v stem movablefrom onepositionto another, 1 "in onset which it is operable for settingand in 1 theother of which it is; operable for winding, a "clisplaeeable'-'-locksupported "on the moyementiframe normally retaining said 7 I t 5steininthe*windingFpositionfand resilient *It is possible tomakethe surface2 ofthe collar 'or'jabutment '1 on-an i incline to themea-ns-f'tending constantly to move the from the winding into thesetting position;

i Azi' lnqatimepiece, a winding and setting,

to place said stem in thejfsetting' position, a: shoulder or, abutment.on th'e stem having a thesetting positionf a latch normally overs ly ngsaid surface and being "constantly pressed toward the stem, said latchhaving a j tail piece extending back from I the stem ad Ijacentto thewall of thecase, and a stud passing, throng p said wall movably and airranged to bear on said tail piece.

settingstempassing through the case and i being displac'eable endwisefrom a position case, and a latch movablymounted onithe". movement framenormally overlapping said shoulder when the stem is in one position,v atthe side of the shoulder toward which the stem moves when displaced intothe other position;

6 In a time piece, a case, a windingand setting stem passing'through thecase and case, a latch movably mounted on the move-w ment: framenormally overlapping said shoulder when the'stem isin one position; v If at theside"of theshouldertoward which the 9 5. In a time piece, acase,[a winding and

